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Crimson freshman John Bridgeland stumbled against Yale's Alberto Franko in the other "C" semifinal, 6-2, 6-4. Bridgeland played Franko on the Eli's favorite surface--clay, but nonetheless kept the match close. All but a few games went to 3-3 before being decided...
...indeed it was, as Clifford got all the help he needed in the game when Harvard batted around in the first inning, cracking out seven hits, good for nine runs, and sending Eli starter Mark Michalowski to the showers after completing only two-thirds of an inning...
With Stenhouse and Bingham leading the hit parade once again, the Crimson added runs in the second and third innings, upping the lead to 11-0. Harvard took advantage of an Eli error and the wild pitching of Bulldog reliever Arnie Pinkston to humiliate the visitors even further...
Only when Harvard coach Alex Nahigian began substituting liberally in the fifth inning was Yale able to stem the Harvard tide. An Eli with the improbable name of Ronnie "not so" Darling was the only Yale pitcher not tagged for a run during the afternoon, as he held Harvard scoreless for four innings before being relieved in the eighth...
...first time, took the consolation route after an opening-round loss to the Princeton number two team. The Crimson team lost in the finals to the fourth-seeded Yale pair (who Roberts and Pierpont beat, 6-4, 7-5, in the first round), 6-0, 6-2. The Eli pair dominated net play and kept Harvard from ever getting into the match...